KTLK (AM)
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| City | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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| Broadcast area | Minneapolis-St. Paul |
| Branding | News/Talk 1130 |
| Slogan | "Twin Cities News/Talk" |
| Frequency | 1130 (kHz) |
| Translator(s) | K278BP 103.5 Cottage Grove (via KFXN-HD2) |
| Repeater(s) | KFXN-HD2 100.3 HD-2 Minneapolis |
| First air date | December 23, 1923 (as KFMT at 1300) |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | 50,000 watts (day) 25,000 watts (night) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 59961 |
| Callsign meaning | K Twin Cities News TaLK |
| Former callsigns | 2011-2014: KTCN 1991-2011: KFAN 1926-1991: WDGY 1926: WGWY (27 days) 1925-1926: WHAT (242 days) 1923-1925: KFMT |
| Former frequencies | 1929-1941: 1180 kHz 1929: 560 kHz (45 days) 1928-1929: 1390 kHz 1928: 1410 kHz (29 days) 1927-1928: 1050 kHz 1927: 1140 kHz (13 days) 1927: 1150 kHz (167 days) 1927: 1140 kHz (41 days) 1923-1927: 1300 kHz |
| Affiliations |
Fox News Radio NBC News Radio Premiere Radio Networks TheBlaze Network |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia (AMFM Broadcasting Licenses, LLC) |
| Sister stations | K244FE, K273BH, KDWB-FM, KEEY-FM, KFXN-FM, KQQL, KTLK, KTCZ-FM, W227BF |
| Webcast | Listen Live! |
| Website | twincitiesnewstalk.com |
KTLK (1130 kHz)—-branded News/Talk 1130-—is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, broadcasting a news/talk format. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, and serves the Twin Cities market. KTLK's main studios are in St. Louis Park and its transmitter is west of Lakeville. KTLK operates with 50,000 watts by day and 25,000 watts at night.
KTLK airs mostly nationally syndicated conservative talk hosts from Premiere Networks, a subsidiary of iHeartMedia. They include Rush Limbaugh at 11 a.m., Sean Hannity at 2 p.m., Joe Pags at 5 p.m. and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory at Midnight. Glenn Beck from TheBlaze Network is heard at 9 a.m. and 8 p.m.
Local programming includes the wake-up news/talk show "Justice and Drew," featuring Andrew Lee and Jon Justice from 6 to 9 a.m. Another local show, "Darkness Radio," airs at 9 p.m. and has stories about the paranormal.
Weekends feature shows about money, real estate, law, home improvement, as well as syndicated shows from computer expert Kim Kommando and a Sunday night talk show from Bill Cunningham.
KTLK is the oldest continuously operating station in the state, dating to December 23, 1923, when Dr. George W. Young signed on with the call letters KFMT. (WCCO actually began experimental broadcasts before KTLK, but had to sign off for two months due to an ownership transition in 1924.)
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